Just looking at the photo... you did get the uprights (hubs) as well?? They're not the same as the drum versions..

Cheers, Ian

But how would they compare to the single leading shoe drum brakes they replaced in 1961?

Tim

I've got a set of calipers here if you need some.

Do them up for your own use?? Nope. 7.5s or nothing unless you own a 997 or 998...especially in that state.

There will be someone somewhere looking to restore their cooper however.

Spotted your car at Illawarra on the weekend. Jammed in next to a Moggie breadvan.

Don't believe all the old press that they are a POS.
They are not bad if done right- I put a set on the 1976 bastardchild ClubbyMatic I sold years ago. It stopped pretty well.

Use new rotors (as they are only 1/4" thick when new).
Use 998 calipers, or mill 997 ones out for 998 pads.
Fit metal king or other premium 998 pads
Add a VH44 servo.
[edit] and leave the dust shields off for better cooling.

They do not resist fade as well as S brakes, but done this way they are fine on a road Mini. And, like all disc systems they self-adjust.

I was in the same situation as you about 2 years ago. I got a set of cooper 7 inch brakes without callipers but with drive shafts that came as spares with a car I purchased. It was not many more $ for me to buy a new 7.5 inch cooper s brake kit than it was to fix up the old 7 inch cooper brakes. By the time you buy callipers, calliper repair kits, discs, pads, bearings and ball joints for a bit more cash you can go to 7.5 inch brakes and be done with it. I ended up getting the 7.5 inch cooper s brake kit and the 7 inch cooper brakes are still in the shed.

Still look good once done, and I can't believe it but EBC put production time aside to producing green pads for these discs.
Kind of offsets the tendency to overheat. Still not the kind you want to go sweeping down Macquarie Pass in however. Those truck gravel traps aren't just for trucks.... They build up a lot of heat very quickly after a few good presses at speed. Also feel pretty wooden compared to the S 7.5" discs.

I actually swapped out a set of Cooper S discs to go back to 7.0" Cooper discs believe it or not.
Its for a 997 Cooper however...

Don't throw out the drive flanges however. They're not really available from what I have seen, and are unique to the 997/8 discs alone having a machined back face, and suiting the small drum brake CVs.

Hi guys,



Any thoughts?

Looking at what you have there, it wouldn't be what I call "brakes" at all. All you have there is discs and flanges. You're missing about 80% of the disc setup, uprights or hubs, CV's, calipers, brake hoses, pads, pins, pistons, seal kits, ball joints... it all adds up in the end.